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Aden, please, Caleb persisted

"I’ this

Focus, Aden, Julian said

Yes He blinked, blanking his mind The witches had re him curiously

"You have souls trapped inside your head," Marie said

"Yes, I have souls insideit noould serve no purpose

"And once, you asked me if I’d ever known a man who could possess other bodies Soo Is he, this body-possessor, one of the souls?"

Aden! Tell her! She ht have known h hi to order, and I’ll tell you"

She grinned without humor "I don’t wish to know that badly"

Wh-what? Caleb sputtered with his affront

"I’ive theertip to her chin "That way, he can answer all our questions hiet these bodies?"

"People die all the time If you reanimate a fresh corpse with a new soul…"

"How? It was the body that died, not the soul The soul si a body isn’t the saht? "Which means a new soul won’t be able to s," was all she said

Yes, Caleb rushed out Yes Let her try

No, Elijah and Julian said in unison

It wouldn’t be that easy, Elijah added It never is There will be a catch, I prorowled his frustration

"If you can sense my wards," Aden said, "you know my mind cannot be manipulated Therefore, the souls’ minds cannot beher the picture of superiority "I don’t need your cooperation Just his"

She was bluffing She had to be bluffing

Uncoht from one foot to the other Blood had already rushed out of his ar "If you can do such a thing, why haven’t you? Why are you just sitting there?"

The brow fell back into place, creating a ss to do at the

"Your résu," she said suddenly, as if they were seated across fro "What do you , now beast slayer"

How had she heard about that? "I didn’t slay them"

"Taested "How did you do that?"

So she could defeat the to order and I’ll tell you" His ansould be, "I don’t know," because that was the truth, but she didn’t need to know that yet

"You want to save your friends?" Jennifer piped in "Fine Renounce your claiive us a blood vow that you’ll re us"

Do it, Caleb said

No, Elijah and Julian repeated in unison

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